| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bengyokushū 弁玉集 | Discriminating Jade from Stone Collection, a late 17th-century miscellany on art which ranges from the discussion of tea… |
Art History, Painting, Document | |
| Besson zakki 別尊雑記 | Miscellaneous Record of Classified Sacred Images, a late Heian compendium of Buddhist iconography. Also called the… |
Art History, Painting, Document | |
| Bunchō gadan 文晁画談 | Bunchō's Treatise on Painting, an early 18th-century miscellany on painters, painting techniques, tools, and… |
Art History, Painting, Document | |
| Butsunichian kōmotsu mokuroku 仏日庵公物目録 | Catalog of objects in Butsunichian, the 14th-century inventory of artistic and other properties of Butsunichian 仏日庵… |
Art History, Painting, Document | |
| Chadō hayagaten 茶道早合点 | A tea ceremony manual compiled by Chin'a 珍阿 and published in two volumes in 1771. |
Architecture, Tea Houses, Document | |
| Chadō kyūbunroku 茶道旧聞録 | A single volume of regulations for the tea ceremony by Fujimura Yōken 藤村庸軒 (1613-99), edited by his son Seiin 正員 (1650-1733… |
Architecture, Tea Houses, Document | |
| Chadō sentei 茶道筌蹄 | Tea ceremony book, written by Inagaki Kyūsō 稲垣休叟 (1770-1819) in 1816, and published in 1847, printed with woodblocks.… |
Architecture, Tea Houses, Document | |
| Chashiki kogetsu shō 茶式湖月抄 | Three books in six volumes concerning the rituals and utensils used at tea ceremonies. These volumes were published in 1851… |
Architecture, Tea Houses, Document | |
| Chasō kanwa 茶窓閑話 | A four volume explanation of the method and history of tea ceremony by Chikamatsu Shigenori 近松成矩 (1695-1778), a vassal of… |
Architecture, Tea Houses, Document | |
| En'ya 園冶 | Ch: Yuanye. Lit. garden building. The only extant treatise on classical Chinese garden construction. Written by the… |
Architecture, General Terms, Document | |
| Fusō meigaden 扶桑名画伝 | Biography of Famous Painters in Japan, a comprehensive mid-19th-century biography of painters. Supplemented and… |
Art History, Painting, Document | |
| Fusō meikō gafu 扶桑名公画譜 | Primer on Master Painters of Japan, an early 18th-century biography of painters by Asai Fukyū 浅井不旧. Asai, a native… |
Art History, Painting, Document | |
| Gadō kongōsho 画道金剛杵 | Lit. Vajra on the Way of Painting, Nakabayashi Chikutō's 中林竹洞 (1776-1853) reactionary critique of contemporary… |
Art History, Painting, Document | |
| Gadō yōketsu 画道要訣 | Lit. Secret Principles on the Way of Painting, a late 17th-century discourse on painting *… |
Art History, Painting, Document | |
| Gahō kōryō 画法綱領 | Lit. Summary of Painting Laws, the first Japanese theoretical text on Western painting. Published in 1778, the text… |
Art History, Painting, Document | |
| Gahō saishikihō 画法彩色法 | Lit. Painting Laws: Methods of Coloring, a mid-18th-century painting manual edited by Sugaodō Yūsashi 菅生堂祐佐子… |
Art History, Painting, Document | |
| Gakō binran 画工便覧 | Also read Gakō benran. Lit. Handbook on Painters, a late 17th-century history of Japanese painting… |
Art History, Painting, Document | |
| Gakō senran 画巧潜覧 | Lit. Deep Probes into the Skill of Paintings. A mid-18th-century six-volume history of the *… |
Art History, Painting, Document | |
| Gatan keiroku 画譚鶏肋 | Lit. Worthless Discussion of Painting. A late 18th-century three-volume treatise on painting by sinophile, Southern… |
Art History, Painting, Document | |
| Honchō gashi 本朝画史 | History of Painting in Japan, a late 17th century compendium of artists' biographies and the history of painting in Japan.… |
Art History, Painting, Document | |
| Kakuzenshō 覚禅鈔 | Compilation of Kakuzen. An early Kamakura-period compilation of traditional Buddhist iconography. Also called Hyakkanshō… |
Art History, Painting, Document | |
| Kōsoshū 後素集 | Collection on Painting, a seminal Japanese book on Chinese paintings written in 1623 by Kano Ikkei 狩野一渓 (1599-1662), the… |
Art History, Painting, Document | |
| Kundaikan sōchōki 君台観左右帳記 | A single-volume book detailing Chinese objects, particularly tea-ceremony utensils, given to the shogunal family by Ashikaga… |
Architecture, General Terms, Document | |
| Matsukaze 松風 | ✓ | 1 A pictorial subject taken from "Matsukaze" ("The Wind in the Pines"), Chapter 18 of Genji… |
Art History, Painting, Document |
| Minori 御法 | ✓ | A pictorial subject based on "Minori" ("The Rites" or "The Venerable Law"), Chapter 40 of Genji monogatari 源氏物語 (… |
Art History, Painting, Document |
| Miotsukushi 澪標 | A pictorial subject based on "Miotsukushi" ("Channel Buoys"), Chapter 14 of Genji monogatari 源氏物語 (The Tale of… |
Art History, Painting, Document | |
| Misogi 禊 | Ablutions performed to remove sin or illness. As a pictorial theme it is most closely associated with Section 65 of Ise… |
Art History, Painting, Document | |
| Miyuki 行幸 | ✓ | A pictorial subject taken from "Miyuki" ("The Royal Outing"), Chapter 29 of Genji monogatari 源氏物語 (The Tale of… |
Art History, Painting, Document |
| Momiji no ga 紅葉賀 | ✓ | Lit. "celebration of autumn leaves." A pictorial subject based on Chapter 7 of Genji monogatari 源氏物語 (The Tale… |
Art History, Painting, Document |
| Musōryū chitei 夢窓流治庭 | Lit. "Corrective on Gardens of the Musō Lineage." A late Edo period treatise on landscape gardening. According to the… |
Architecture, Gardens, Document | |
| Nanbōroku 南方録 | Book of Sen no Rikyū's 千利休 (1522-91) tea ceremony secrets which consists of seven volumes entitled: "Memoranda Oboegaki… |
Architecture, Tea Houses, Document | |
| nehon 根本 | The Kyoto-Osaka region kamigata 上方 term for a *kabuki 歌舞伎 play book… |
Art History, Painting, Document | |
| Niou no Miya 匂宮 | ✓ | A pictorial subject taken from "Niou no miya" ("His Perfumed Highness" or "Prince Niou"), Chapter 42 of Genji monogatari… |
Art History, Painting, Document |
| Nise Murasaki Inaka Genji 偐紫田舎源氏 | Lit. "The False Murasaki and the Rustic Genji." An extremely popular mid-19th century novel written by Ryūtei Tanehiko 柳亭種彦… |
Art History, Painting, Document | |
| Nowaki 野分 | ✓ | A pictorial subject based on "Nowaki" ("The Typhoon"), Chapter 28 of Genji monogatari 源氏物語 (The Tale of Genji… |
Art History, Painting, Document |
| Nuetaiji 鵺退治 | Lit. "subjugation of the Fabulous Night Monster." A pictorial subject taken from a famous episode in Heike monogatari… |
Art History, Painting, Document | |
| Okazarisho 御飾書 | Shogun Ashikaga's 足利 book of tea ceremony implement arrangement, thought to have been written by Sōami 相阿弥 (1455-1525), a… |
Architecture, General Terms, Document | |
| Otome 乙女 | ✓ | A pictorial subject taken from "Otome" ("The Maiden"), Chapter 21 of Genji monogatari 源氏物語 (The Tale of Genji… |
Art History, Painting, Document |
| Sakaki 賢木 | ✓ | A pictorial subject based on "Sakaki" ("The Sacred Tree"), Chapter 10 of Genji monogatari 源氏物語 (The Tale of… |
Art History, Painting, Document |
| Sakuteiki 作庭記 | Lit. "Treatise on Garden Making." The oldest and most revered Japanese text on garden design, it was probably… |
Architecture, Gardens, Document | |
| Sanchūjin jōzetsu 山中人饒舌 | Lit. "Chatter of a Mountain Dweller." A two-volume treatise on painting theory by the late Edo artist and Confucian… |
Art History, Painting, Document | |
| Sawarabi 早蕨 | ✓ | A pictorial subject based on "Sawarabi" ("Early Ferns"), Chapter 48 of Genji monogatari 源氏物語 (The Tale of Genji… |
Art History, Painting, Document |
| Seiyō gadan 西洋画談 | Lit. "Discussion of Western Painting," Shiba Kōkan's 司馬江漢 (1747-1818) slim theoretical work in praise of Western naturalism… |
Art History, Painting, Document | |
| Sekishū sanbyakukajō 石州三百ヶ条 | A tea ceremony encyclopedia based on the methods of Katagiri Sekishu 片桐石州 (1605-73), who is believed to have authored 300… |
Architecture, Tea Houses, Document | |
| Setsumon teishi 説門弟資 | Fundamental Advice for Students, a late Muromachi period treatise on painting technique attributed to the painter… |
Art History, Painting, Document | |
| Shiigamoto 椎本 | ✓ | A pictorial subject taken from "Shiigamoto" ("Beneath the Oak"), Chapter 46 of Genji monogatari 源氏物語 (The Tale… |
Art History, Painting, Document |
| Shōmei 匠明 | Lit. "clarification for the artisan-builder." The best known manual of construction and building design. It is based on oral… |
Architecture, General Terms, Document | |
| Shūko jisshu 集古十種 | Ten Categories of Collected Antiquities, a late Edo period illustrated catalog of old art objects edited by the… |
Art History, Painting, Document | |
| Sōtan nikki 宗湛日記 | The diaries of Kamiya Sōtan 神谷宗湛 (1551-1635), a wealthy merchant and tea ceremony master in Fukuoka Prefecture. Written… |
Architecture, Tea Houses, Document | |
| Suetsumuhana 末摘花 | ✓ | A pictorial subject matter based on "Suetsumuhana" ("Safflower"), Chapter 6 of Genji monogatari 源氏物語 (The Tale… |
Art History, Painting, Document |
| Suma 須磨 | ✓ | A pictorial subject based on "Suma," Chapter 12 of Genji monogatari 源氏物語 (The Tale of Genji), which tells… |
Art History, Painting, Document |
| Takekawa 竹河 | ✓ | A pictorial subject taken from "Takekawa" ("Bamboo River"), Chapter 44 of Genji monogatari 源氏物語 (The Tale of… |
Art History, Painting, Document |
| Tamakazura 玉鬘 | ✓ | A pictorial subject taken from "Tamakazura" ("The Jeweled Chaplet"), Chapter 22 of Genji monogatari 源氏物語 (The… |
Art History, Painting, Document |
| Tansei jakubokushū 丹青若木集 | "Collection of Young Trees of Painting"; one-volume biography of Japanese painters by Kano Ikkei 狩野一渓 (1599-1662). Compiled… |
Art History, Painting, Document | |
| Teizō hisho 庭造秘書 | Lit. "Secret Text on Garden Construction." A treatise on landscape design supposedly written first in the Muromachi period.… |
Architecture, General Terms, Document | |
| Tōhaku gasetsu 等伯画説 | Tōhaku's Explanation of Painting, comments of the Momoyama period painter Hasegawa Tōhaku 長谷川等伯 (1539-1610) on well… |
Art History, Painting, Document | |
| Tokai hōkan 図絵宝鑑 | Ch: Tuhui baojian. Precious Mirror of Painting, a late Yuan dynasty history of Chinese painting by Xia… |
Art History, Painting, Document | |
| Tokai sōi 図絵宗彜 | Also sometimes read Zue sōi. Ch: Tuhui zongyi. Principles of Painting. Chinese painting manual… |
Art History, Painting, Document | |
| Tokonatsu 常夏 | ✓ | Lit. "everlasting summer." A pictorial subject taken from "Tokonatsu" ("Wild Carnations"), Chapter 26 of Genji… |
Art History, Painting, Document |
| Tsukiyama teizōden 築山庭造伝 | Lit. "Commentary on Landscape Gardens." |
Architecture, Gardens, Document | |
| Tsuta-no-hosomichi 蔦の細道 | Lit. "narrow road of ivy." Pictorial subject matter taken from Episode 9, *Azuma… |
Art History, Painting, Document | |
| Ukifune 浮舟 | ✓ | A pictorial subject taken from "Ukifune" ("A Boat upon the Waters"), Chapter 51 of Genji monogatari 源氏物語 (The… |
Art History, Painting, Document |
| Ukiyo-e ruikō 浮世絵類考 | Currents of Thought on Ukiyo-e, a series of biographies of *ukiyo-e … |
Art History, Painting, Document | |
| Umegae 梅枝 | ✓ | A pictorial subject based on "Umegae" ("A Branch of Plum"), Chapter 32 of Genji monogatari 源氏物語 (The Tale of… |
Art History, Painting, Document |
| Utsusemi 空蝉 | ✓ | A pictorial subject based on "Utsusemi" ("The Shell of the Locust"), Chapter 3 of Genji monogatari 源氏物語 (The… |
Art History, Painting, Document |
| Wakamurasaki 若紫 | ✓ | Lit. "young lavender." A pictorial subject based on "Wakamurasaki" ("Lavender"), Chapter 5 of Genji monogatari 源氏物語… |
Art History, Painting, Document |
| Wakana 若菜 | ✓ | A pictorial subject taken from "Wakana" ("New Herbs"), which is divided into two parts, making up Chapters 34 and 35 of … |
Art History, Painting, Document |
| Yadorigi 宿木 | ✓ | A pictorial subject taken from "Yadorigi" ("The Ivy"), Chapter 49 of Genji monogatari 源氏物語 (The Tale of Genji… |
Art History, Painting, Document |
| yakusha hyōbanki 役者評判記 | Printed books criticizing actors' skills. Theater reviews were not published in booklet form until 1656 with Yakusha-no-… |
Art History, Painting, Document |
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